Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861

Naderloo, Reza & Türkay, Michael, 2012, Decapod crustaceans of the littoral and shallow sublittoral Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf: Faunistics, Biodiversity and Zoogeography 3374, Zootaxa 3374 (1), pp. 1-67 : 25

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5255601
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scientific name	Clibanarius signatus Heller, 1861
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Persian Gulf. Saudi Arabia ( Apel 2001), UAE ( Nobili 1906a; Titgen 1982; Hornby 1977; Apel 2001), Iran ( Apel 2001; Moradmand 2007; present study).

Iran. During the present study this was the most common species of the rocky shores along entire Iranian coast.

General distribution. Northwestern Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Socotra, southern Oman (Dhofar), Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Pakistan.

Habitat. Rocky/cobble intertidal.

Remarks. This is the most common species within the intertidal zone of the Persian Gulf, and along the Iranian coast as well. Clibanarius signatus is one of the taxonomically well known species of the genus.

References

Apel, M. (2001) Taxonomie und Zoogeographie der Brachyura, Paguridea und Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda) des Persisch-Arabischen Golfes. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt a. M., 268 pp.

Heller, C. (1861) Beitrage zur Crustaceen-Fauna des Rothen Meeres. I. Theil. Sitzungsberichte der mathematischnaturwissenschaftlichen Klasse der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien, 43 (1), 297 - 374.

Nobili, G. (1906 a) Crustaces decapodes et stomatopodes. In: Mission J. Bonnier et Ch. Perez (Golfe Persique, 1901). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, 40, 13 - 159, pls. 2 - 7.

Titgen, R. H. (1982) The systematics and ecology of the Decapods of Dubai, and their zoogeographic relationships to the Persian Gulf and the Western Indian Ocean. Unpublished doctoral thesis, Texas A & M University, 292 pp.